How To Install libjsoncpp-doc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjsoncpp-doc on Debian 9.
What is libjsoncpp-doc
libjsoncpp-doc is:
This package contains doxygen generated HTML API description of libjsoncpp0.
jsoncpp is an implementation of a JSON reader and writer in C++. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format that it is easy to parse and redeable for human. It is useful for building config files, network communications protocols, etc.
This library provides following features:
- High-level data structures for collecting data from JSON.
- Easy-to-use reader and writer.
There are three methods to install libjsoncpp-doc on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libjsoncpp-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libjsoncpp-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjsoncpp-doc
Install libjsoncpp-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjsoncpp-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjsoncpp-doc
Install libjsoncpp-doc Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libjsoncpp-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjsoncpp-doc
How To Uninstall libjsoncpp-doc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libjsoncpp-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjsoncpp-doc
Uninstall libjsoncpp-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjsoncpp-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjsoncpp-doc
Remove libjsoncpp-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libjsoncpp-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjsoncpp-doc
Remove libjsoncpp-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjsoncpp-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjsoncpp-doc
Dependencies
libjsoncpp-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjsoncpp-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.